More people have been diagnosed with MPV in New York City than in any other city in the country. With people of color accounting for more than three quarters of MPV cases in New York City, the outbreak has had especially devastating effects in the city’s neighborhoods of color. That includes Harlem, where Black and Latinx people account for three out of four residents. Harlem United, a federally qualified health…
Responding to COVID-19 in Harlem
MPV at USCHA
As you may have seen in NMAC Executive Director Paul Kawata’s newsletter earlier this week, USCHA in Puerto Rico is a go for October. Following Hurricane Fiona left most of Puerto Rico without electricity, NMAC left it up to the host committee, which unanimously voted to go ahead with the conference. The host committee determined that now is the time for NMAC and the broader HIV community to support communities…
The Latest News on MPV
MPV cases continue a slow decline, but now is no time for complacency: As of September 23, 24,826 people had been diagnosed with MPV in the U.S. The national decline is mirrored in data from several states and cities, including Florida and Georgia. Over the last week, the weekly number of new diagnoses appears to have stabilized, underscoring the need to avoid complacency. The level of new diagnoses remains too…